Stanford EE Computer Systems Colloquium

Interaction Techniques Using the Wii Remote

Johnny Chung Lee
Carnegie Mellon University

About the talk:

As of December 2007, Nintendo has sold over 20 million Wii consoles
worldwide. This significantly exceeds the number of tablet PCs used today
according to even the most generous estimates of tablet PC sales. This
makes the Nintendo Wii remote one of the most common input devices in the
world. It also happens to be one of the most sophisticated containing a
3-axis accelerometer and high-resolution high-speed infrared camera.
This is an incredible opportunity to explore interaction techniques enabled by
the Wii remote and to develop new applications that could be instantly
accessible to millions of individuals around the world.

Though only just a few weeks old, the work I will present has received nearly 5
million unique views and generated over 250,000 software downloads.
In this talk, I will show you how you can participate in these projects
as well as generate your own.

About the speaker:

Johnny Chung Lee is a PhD graduate student in Human-Computer Interaction
at Carnegie Mellon University. His research interests are in developing
techniques that can significantly increase the practicality and
accessibility of technology to researchers, developers, and end users.
His previous work spans a wide range of topics including projector-based
augmented reality, brain-computer interfaces, kinetic typography, haptics,
multi-channel audio, tangible interfaces, and filmmaking.